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Amazon HQ2

NYC Council grills Amazon over HQ2: ‘You’re worth $1 trillion. Why do you need our $3 billion?’

Amazon got a healthy dose of New York brashness Wednesday as city councilmembers grilled company executives and their economic development… Read More

Photos and documents reveal Amazon’s future Queens home and how New York lured the company

Talent, real estate, accessibility, and killer views of the Manhattan skyline. Those are just some of the selling points New… Read More

Empire State Building glows orange for Amazon and New Yorkers are seeing red on Twitter

The Empire State Building in New York City has been bathed in light to celebrate everything from the Fourth of… Read More

Jeff Bezos and New Glenn

How Blue Origin space venture’s HQ2, HQ3 and HQ4 blazed a trail for Amazon HQ plan

The process that Amazon went through to choose New York, Northern Virginia and Nashville as key sites for expansion isn’t… Read More

Take a virtual tour of Amazon’s Virginia dreamland, where the sun shines and drones deliver packages

Circle the block all you want, there is no view of Mount Rainier or Puget Sound. You can’t see the… Read More

Watch Live: GeekWire’s analysis of Amazon’s HQ2 selections

Our live broadcast will start above at 10:00 a.m. PST After a year of high-stakes competition and frenzied speculation, Amazon’s… Read More

There go the neighborhoods: Home searches spike in new Amazon HQ cities as tech giant reveals expansion plans

The housing markets in Northern Virginia and New York City — winners of the Amazon HQ2/3 sweepstakes — are in… Read More

Far from the Seattle it changed, Amazon finds new headquarters cities — and new backlash on Day 1

There go the neighborhoods. Whether they’re going in a good or bad direction depends on how you feel about Amazon,… Read More

Google plans to double NYC workforce to 14K, vying for talent against Amazon’s new headquarters site

Amazon isn’t the only tech giant doubling down on the Big Apple. RELATED: Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as… Read More

Music City strikes a chord with Amazon: Nashville lands logistics hub with 5,000 corporate jobs

Well, it’s not quite HQ2 or HQ 1.5, or whatever Amazon’s headquarters search may now be called. But Nashville —… Read More

HQ2 incentives revealed: Here’s what NYC and Virginia gave up to get Amazon’s new headquarters

One of the most controversial aspects of Amazon’s year-long search for a second headquarters was the request for government incentives… Read More

Amazon announces HQ2 cities, splitting second headquarters as extraordinary contest concludes

ARLINGTON, Va. — After more than a year of reconnaissance, frenzied speculation, and non-stop media coverage, Amazon’s remarkable “HQ2” search… Read More

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What’s going on with HQ2? Here’s everything we know — and the implications for finalists

Amazon’s continent-wide search for a second headquarters took a strange turn this week after a series of surprising news leaks.… Read More

HQ2 heartbreak? Don’t worry Austin, Atlanta and others, you’ll be just fine without Amazon (Take it from this HQ1 survivor)

A ploy. A farce. A PR stunt. Amazon is taking it on the chin this week following reports that it… Read More

Seattle mayor celebrates reports that Amazon may split HQ2: ‘I’d call those branch offices’

Amazon’s desire to see other cities — revealed by its search for a second headquarters home — hasn’t always cast… Read More

Dual Amazon HQ2s would depart from original promise of ‘full equal’ second headquarters

When Jeff Bezos revealed his plans to open a second Amazon headquarters last September, he said, “we expect HQ2 to… Read More

Amazon

Two HQ2s? Amazon reportedly plans to divide its second headquarters between two cities

Amazon plans to split its second headquarters evenly between two cities, an anonymous source familiar with the matter told The… Read More

At dog friendly Amazon, could data on breeds set one city apart from the HQ2 pack?

While some 50,000 Amazon humans could someday populate the company’s planned second headquarters, HQ2 will also be home to thousands… Read More

Amazon reportedly in ‘late-stage’ discussions with HQ2 finalists New York, Dallas and Northern Va.

For more than a year, few details about the selection process for Amazon’s second North American headquarters — beyond the… Read More

Amazon exec slams HQ2 leaker: ‘You’re not doing Crystal City, VA any favors’

Amazon officials are notoriously private, declining to give interviews or comments to the press without express consent from the Seattle… Read More

With Amazon HQ2 pick imminent, past comments show Jeff Bezos repeatedly making the case for an urban campus

The grand reveal of the city where Amazon will build its second headquarters is expected any day, and some prognosticators… Read More

While some Amazon HQ2 candidates get second dates, other cities are waiting by the phone

Reports of Amazon officials revisiting select regions in the running for the company’s second headquarters are trickling in, leaving some… Read More

Amazon ramps up lobbying to record levels ahead of HQ2 announcement

Amazon has been steadily increasing its lobbying budget and taking a more central position on the national political stage while… Read More

Leading urbanist Richard Florida is convinced Amazon HQ2 won’t go to a suburb

Oddsmakers and analysts are betting on Northern Virginia to take home the much-ballyhooed prize of Amazon HQ2. But Richard Florida,… Read More

TLDR: Microsoft unveils Project xCloud game streaming service

Today’s featured stories Microsoft will launch Project xCloud game streaming service in 2019, powered by custom servers built from Xbox… Read More

Amazon HQ2 officials reportedly visit Chicago and Miami, keeping speculation alive until the very end

New reports about Amazon’s visits to two cities in the running for the company’s second headquarters are stirring up fresh… Read More

Amazon HQ2 speculation swirls as Jeff Bezos heads to DC

Mr. Bezos is going to Washington, with the eyes of the nation on him. The Amazon CEO arrives in Washington,… Read More

Toronto

Key question in Toronto’s bid for Amazon HQ2: ‘Does Jeff Bezos want to piss off Trump?’

Toronto is the only city outside the U.S. in the running for Amazon’s storied second headquarters. That sets the Canadian… Read More

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Podcast

One year later, what have we learned from Amazon’s HQ2 search?

One year ago, Amazon announced it would launch a continent-wide search for a city to host its $5 billion second… Read More

Amazon

Win or lose, Amazon HQ2 put 20 cities on the map — and some are already reaping the rewards

After pitching aggressively and offering up millions of dollars in tax incentives, Denver landed a coveted economic development deal earlier… Read More

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